May 9: The final victim of the Snowtown Murders claimed
Plus: teen disappears right before graduation, two highway victims found, and more.
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Today in True Crime: Quick Hits
5 years ago: When Gloria Lofton of Austin, Texas, was murdered on May 9, 2019, DNA evidence recovered from the scene matched ex-convict Raul Meza, but Austin police didn't arrest him at the time; he later committed another murder before Austin PD apologized for their "potential investigative lapses."
10 years ago: On May 9, 2014, San Diego barbershop owner Lamar Canady was shot 14 times and killed in his shop, leaving behind a wife and five kids. Two men received life sentences for what they called a “revenge hit.”
20 years ago: When Genovese family mobster Nicholas (Nicky) Cirillo disappeared on May 9, 2004, in New York, it wasn't just another mob hit: some suggest Nicky's father, mob boss Dominick "Quiet Dom" Cirillo, was responsible for his son's disappearance after the latter insulted another mobster.